THE fair weather in Cebu City had been perfect for this year’s 15th District 41 Conference hosted by Quota International (QI) of Cebu in coordination with QI Talisay and QI Mandaue.
And Quota International Pampanga braved to the Queen City of the South to join in the district conference, reaffirming time and again their commitment to bring more worthy causes to their province.
Aside from the usual leadership seminars and workshops, the event was also an opportunity among QI ladies to meet with other chapters all across the country.
Leading the QI Pampanga delegation were QI Pampanga President May Bergmann-Shilton and QI ladies Monina “Mons” Laus, Luchie Gutirrez, Malou Garbes, and Board Member Edna David, among others.
Quotarians have to hand it over to chairperson Tina Corominas of QI Cebu for choosing Cebu City Marriott Hotel for the fabulous venue of the event.
Mons Laus, who initially had second thoughts of coming because of Board Member Ceferino Laus, was kind enough to tag me along that late Friday for a taste of a Quota Convention. The convention was in celebration of the establishment of Quota Chapters in the Philippines.
Quota International, founded in 1919 by Wanda Frey Joiner, is one of the world’s oldest international service organizations. It celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, counting a network of nearly 6,500 members in 300 local clubs in 14 countries. The Quota International District 41, which is the Philippines, has been part of the network since 1976.
The much-awaited yearly competition of performances between Quota Chapters was held at the Cebu Capitol Building. This year’s theme centered on Broadway musicales and films. Quota Pampanga performed the daunting production of Miss Saigon under the tutelage of Randy del Rosario and Jay Vincent Luna, both of whom work with Miss Saigon Choreographer Andy Alviz.
Imagine these quota ladies, the prime of Pampanga upper society, donning their alluring and sexy dresses and dancing to the heated songs of Miss Saigon. It was sexy but still glamorous.
Although Quota Pampanga was not able to bag the first place award this year, Quotarian Maricel Morales was able to bring home for QI Pampanga the Best Actress Award for her role as Kim.
Undoubtedly, Pampanga Quotarians were able to wow other audiences from the different chapters. Quota ladies were even more beautiful in the Governor’s Ball as they promenaded the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom.
Quotarians partied all night, but in the middle of all these they lined up projects, reported their accomplishments and affirmed their commitment for better services to poor communities of their respective localities. (IOF)
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